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...press conference that of course he would not presume to advise a foreign government what its money should be worth-even though, in his personal view, "the yen is an undervalued currency." The Japanese were incensed, but went along with the pretense. At a televised news conference, Prime Minister Eisaku Sato looked uncharacteristically menacing as he complained that "there could not have been a more outrageous case of interference in domestic matters." Later, however, Finance Minister Takeo Fukuda added that for that very reason, he could not believe so experienced a diplomat as Trezise would commit such a faux...
...ordinary citizens who respond to leaflets pointing out that "for 10 francs-the price of a cinema ticket-ten Chilean children can be given an hour's French lesson." Some of the Alliance's more illustrious alumni are Teddy Kennedy, Pope Paul VI and Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato...
...scholarly, soft-spoken former economics professor, is pinning his hopes for re-election on the slogan: "Give Tokyo back its blue sky!" His opponent for the governorship (the equivalent of a U.S. mayoralty) is former Police Chief Akira Hatano, 59, a first-time campaigner, hand-picked by Premier Eisaku Sato and his Liberal Democratic Party. Hatano joined the fray with a promise from Sato that if he wins, the federal government will put up 4 trillion yen ($11 billion) to make Tokyo livable again...
Back in November 1969, President Nixon and Japan's Prime Minister Eisaku Sato agreed to move toward an agreement that would let Okinawa-occupied by the U.S. since 1945-revert to Japan in 1972. Nixon understood from Sato that in return the Japanese would formally consent to a limitation on the flow of synthetic textiles into the U.S. Nixon had promised in his presidential campaign to limit textile imports from Japan, so it seemed a good deal for the U.S. Moreover, Sato needed Okinawa to placate his anti-American opponents in the Diet, and the U.S. needed Sato...
Before killing herself in 1969, Takako Nakamura wrote: "The pains gnaw at my body. I want to throw out my stomach and intestines." Read aloud to Japan's hushed Diet last month, those words moved Prime Minister Eisaku Sato to tears. Takako Nakamura has become a symbol of the tragic results of Japan's unchecked pollution...